The Prince of Tennis Releases Trailer for New World Cup Anime
The Prince of Tennis has been gearing up for its major anime comeback, and has released a new trailer showing off more new members of the cast coming to The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup! The Prince of Tennis franchise will be returning for its first new anime release in ten long years, and as Takeshi Konomi's original manga franchise celebrates its 20th Anniversary, fans around the world will finally get to see the original anime run of the series continue with the U-17 World Cup. That also means some big new matches are coming our way.
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup will be making its premiere in Japan this July, and has dropped a new trailer showing off the team from Germany and it's new characters. The newest additions to the cast shown off in the new trailer include Mitsuki Saiga as QP, Yohei Azakami as Michael Bismarck, Chiharu Sawashiro as Elmar Siegfried, Ryunosuke Watanuki as A. Frankensteiner. You can check out the trailer below:
These new cast additions join previously announced new additions of Hiroki Takahashi as Ralph Rhinehart, Kenjiro Tsuda as Dodo Obando, Takayuki Kondo as Kiko Balentien, Naru Kawamoto as Alan Hopkins, Masaya Onosaka as Rocky Meredith, Kohei Kiyasu as Maxwell, Kentaro Tone as Jurgen Borisovich Volk, Tomokazu Seki as Zeus Iliopoulos, Subaru Kimura as J. J. Dorgias, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Alexander Amadeus, and Natsuki Hanae as Prince Ludovic Chardard. Directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi (who returns from the previous Prince of Tennis II anime) for Studio Kai and M.S.C., The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup also features a returning Mitsutaka Hirota as scriptwriter and Akiharu Ishiii as character designer.
The opening theme for the series is titled "I can fly." as performed by Yoshiki Ezaki and Bleecker Chrome, and the ending is titled "Dear Friends" as performed by TeniPri Artistars. Returning cast additions include Junko Minagawa as Ryoma Echizen, Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka, Hiroki Yasumoto as Hoo Byodoin, Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe, Sachiko Nagai as Seiichi Yukimura, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuranosuke Shiraishi, Tarusuke Shingaki as Eishiro Kite, and Mamoru Miyano as Ryoga Echizen.
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